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Apartheid South Africa HIST 417: SOCIETY & CULTURE IN MODERN AFRICA APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA Spring 2018 – MW 1600-1720, Lillis 175 – CRN 32619/32634 Version 1.10, 17 Apr 2018 Professor Lindsay Frederick Braun Office: 311 McKenzie Hall Telephone: (541) 346-4838, x64838 on-campus (doesn’t work well) Email: [email protected] (strongly preferred to the phone!) Office hours: MW 9:00am-10:30am, and by arrangement on MTW only; by email other days When people think about South Africa’s past, they usually focus on the late 20th century and the system of legal racial segregation and white supremacy known as apartheid (‘apartness') that marked it. Between the creation of South Africa as a single state under the South Africa Act in 1910, through the inauguration of apartheid as a political ideology in 1948, to its legal end in 1994 (and beyond), virtually every social class and cultural group experienced dramatic change connected to the evolving system of coercion and control, and fought to direct it, destroy it, or simply survive it in a variety of ways. Although riven with logical paradoxes and unsustainable, apartheid and its forebears had a wide range of social and cultural influences and effects. These influences and effects are inextricable from the political and economic elements that provided direction to it, and which remain potent forces in southern Africa today. This course is therefore one part a survey of twentieth-century South Africa and one part a critical examination of the system of white (settler) supremacy that dominated that period. We will look at a number of roughly chronological themes to highlight the paradoxes of apartheid’s systems of control, understand how and why that system developed, together with its many logical gaps, through contemporary film, literature, and critical analysis from a number of viewpoints. Students successfully completing this course will, at minimum: Know the major historical developments and themes in South African history since 1910; Develop an understanding of the nature of white supremacist policies, the challenges they posed to everyday life, and resistance to this regime in twentieth-century South Africa; Analyze textual and visual sources to unpack the experiences and ideologies at work in this era; Demonstrate that analytical ability through regular writing that incorporates the relevant material; Learn to conduct deeper historical research and write effectively on an individual topic of historical interest within the ambit of the broader course. This course neither presumes nor requires a prior background in modern African (or specifically South African) history, cultures, or geography, but your learning curve will be steeper without them. It is also an unapologetically reading- and writing-intensive course focused on analytical, thesis-driven papers. You may wish to consider these points relative to your overall workload this term. A Note About This Syllabus Everything on this syllabus is important; you should read it carefully and refer to it frequently. You are responsible for knowing its contents. The paper copy you receive at the beginning of the course is, ideally, the final version, but the unexpected can intrude and changes may be made. I articulate virtually everything somewhere within this syllabus and any changes in class and on Canvas, so there should be no big surprises. HIST 417 – Spring 2018 - 2 Assignments Map Quiz: (5%) Because history makes little sense without geography, we will have a map quiz at the beginning of the second week of class. This quiz will deal with city locations, major geographical features, and political subdivisions of the era between 1910 and 1994. Participation: (20%) Speaking in class discussion and otherwise interacting with me and others in the context of the course is worth 20% of your grade. This means that if you melt entirely into the scenery, an A will be nearly impossible to attain. Participation includes our usual discussion of films and primary sources, but also extends to other impromptu conversations we enter during class periods, so feel free to raise questions. Ultimately participation is about being engaged and exchanging ideas. Absences will naturally annihilate this portion of the grade, but even perfect attendance alone can only net about half of the credit. Especially meritorious engagement can in theory result in totals over 80 points. Response Papers: (15% each, 45% total) At several points during the term, you will be asked to tender three out of four brief 1200-1500 word (4-5 pages, double spaced) response papers on particular themes. The questions are set (see page 10) but you have some latitude in the observations you may include in these papers. Their purpose is to get you to think about, and talk about, the context of what we’ve read and seen; your originality, insightfulness, the breadth of assigned course material that you use, and style will together determine your grade. You may exceed the maximum word count moderately. Although style is more relaxed than the term paper, you still need to cite sources and list references/works cited. Research Paper (3000-4000 words, not including notes and bibliography) and Proposal (~2 pages, plus preliminary bibliography): (30%) The final portion of your grade will be a short research paper due at the end of the term, and a proposal for same due at the start of the fourth week of the term. The paper must address a topic relevant to South Africa and apartheid by employing primary (original) film or print sources, although you may propose a subject instead that will employ a larger number of sources in making an interpretative case. The paper will be a formal piece of writing subject to the citation and formatting standards set in Rampolla 8th edition (required) or the Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition on which it is based, using footnotes and a bibliography. If you don’t know what a style guide is, or if you have problems figuring out how to use one, ask me. Writing and citation style will constitute ¼ of your paper grade, so take it seriously. The proposal is worth 5% of your final grade; the paper itself, 25%. Although it is late after 23 April, failure to tender the proposal by the following week will trigger a zero grade on the entire paper and thus a failing mark for the course. Note the proposal and paper due dates, and plan ahead accordingly—don’t let it sneak up on you! As always, you are solely responsible for your work reaching me in the format you intended before the deadline; Canvas is helpful that way. I generally acknowledge submissions that reach me by email. Please see page 11 of this syllabus for more detailed requirements for the paper and the proposal. Graduate students enrolled in History 517 (CRN 32634) will have modified requirements: a longer paper (5000-6000 words) more dependent on primary sources, that also deals with the historiography and interpretation of selected events or themes from South African history; additional readings within and outside of class; and added group meetings (depending on numbers) for discussion. The specific content and scheduling of these requirements will be arranged between graduate registrants and the professor at the appropriate time. I wish to make the course as useful to you as possible without overwhelming you. As HIST 517 is officially a different class than HIST 417, some restrictions may also not apply to you. HIST 417 – Spring 2018 - 3 Grading (for HIST 417) Yourd overall grade will be weighted as follows, out of a term total of 400 points. There is no final exam. Map Quiz 20 pts 5% Participation (Discussion/etc): 80+ pts 20% Response Papers, 3 of 4 (60 pts / 15% each): 180 pts 45% Research Paper Proposal 20 pts 5% Research Paper 100 pts 25% Please pay close attention to the important due dates and times, which are recapitulated at the end of this syllabus. Late papers lose 5% per day late, or any portion thereof. If you know you will have a valid issue with a certain deadline, let me know as soon as possible so we can make arrangements. Final grades will be assigned according to percentages on the standard scale (93.0+ = A, 90-92.99 = A-, 87-89.99 = B+, 83-86.99 = B, 80-82.99 = B-, etc.). Please note that I do not change assignment or course grades, except in cases of arithmetical or clerical error. Although I am happy to explain a grade and offer assistance for the future, I will not alter scores. Course Texts: Bibliography and Availability The first four books below are required reading. I recommend Worden for a broad contextual background for people unfamiliar with South Africa, and Rampolla for those unfamiliar with conventions in writing history. Make absolutely certain to consult the exact editions indicated (or their e-pub equivalents) as the content and pagination vary enormously. Abrahams, Marc. Mine Boy. Oxford: Heinemann, 1989 [1946]. ISBN 978-0-4359-0562-0. Brink, Elsabé, Gandhi Malungane, Steven Lebelo, Dumisani Ntshangase, and Sue Krige, comp. Soweto 16 June 1976: Personal Accounts of the Uprising. Cape Town: Kwela, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7957-0232-7. Dubow, Saul. Apartheid, 1948-1994. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0- 1995-5067-8 (softcover). Magona, Sindiwe. To My Children’s Children. New York: Interlink, 2006. ISBN 978-1-5665- 6649-0. Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History 8th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2015. ISBN 978-0-4576-9088-4. (Optional. The Duck Store got the 9th somehow, but 8th costs FAR less.) (A short general history, to consult if you feel overwhelmed:) Worden, Nigel. The Making of Modern South Africa. 5th ed.
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